Interest-Based Learning
Discover how students can drive their own learning through Genius Hour, 20% Time, personalized PBL, and other passion-based strategies facilitating student voice and choice.
Culminating Art Projects That Boost Students’ Confidence
At the end of the year, high school students enjoy the opportunity to create a final product dictated by their own interests.How Electives Help All Students Succeed
Giving students a choice of electives increases engagement and allows them to develop skills outside of core academic subjects.Wrapping Up the School Year in English Language Arts
Secondary teachers can focus on students’ interests to keep them engaged while reinforcing previously learned skills or previewing new ones.205Your content has been saved!
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3 Ways to Plan for Diverse Learners: What Teachers Do
Every teacher already has the tools to differentiate in powerful ways for all learners.26.2kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Dedicating Space for Curiosity and Exploration
By turning a plain old hallway into a destination that every class visits regularly to tinker and play, a school made limited resources go further and saw student enthusiasm soar.3.6kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.The Reading Wars: Choice vs. Canon
English teachers are wrestling with how to navigate the increasingly contentious terrain between student choice and assigning the classics.9.2kYour content has been saved!
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7 Ideas From Reggio Emilia That Any Early Childhood Teacher Can Use
How to adapt principles from the famed approach to foster interest-based learning for the youngest students.6.1kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Teaching High School Students About Trailblazing Women
For Women’s History Month and beyond, teachers can use these activities to guide students in exploring the lives of courageous women.313Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.How to Use Play for Learning
Play-based learning helps engage elementary students in their education and has cognitive, physical, social, and emotional benefits.6.7kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Genius Hour in Elementary School
A teacher shares what she did and what she learned when she implemented Genius Hour in her fifth-grade class.7.9kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Learner Interest Matters: Strategies for Empowering Student Choice
When students care about an assignment, they're willing to take greater risks and are more likely to excel in their product.10.6kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Emphasizing the Importance of Play During Distance Learning
For young children, play is the primary vehicle for learning, and these ideas will help ensure that they continue to have rich play experiences at home.4.5kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Tapping Into Curiosity to Engage Teens in Challenging Content
Using topics students care deeply about in an AP Statistics course can leverage their natural interest to encourage them to develop new skills and content knowledge.Using the Montessori Approach to Field Trips
Teachers in any school can empower students to research and plan field trips connected to their interests and class content.Thinkering Studio: Supporting Self-Directed Learning
Watch students take charge of their project-based learning, by creating their own learning goals and identifying resources beyond their teacher.6.3kYour content has been saved!
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